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16. IN AN AUTOMATIC POCKET STUFFING MACHINE AND THE LIKE, THECOMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES A SHUTTLE MOVABLE INTO A POCKET OF MATERIALTO BE STUFFED; MEANS FOR ADVANCING THE SHUTTLE INTO AND RETRACTING THESHUTTLE OUT OF SAID POCKET; A MATERIAL CLAMP POSITIONED ADJACENT THENEAR EDGE OF THE MATERIAL; MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID CLAMP; A SECONDCLAMP POSITIONED ADJACENT THE FAR EDGE OF THE MATERIAL; MEANS FORACTUATING SAID SECOND CLAMP; A FILLING CLAMP ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SECONDCLAMP; MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID FILLING CLAMP; ANCHORING MEANS MOUNTEDOVER THE TABLE AND POSITIONED TO MOVE FROM A RETRACTED TO AN ANCHORINGPOSITION; MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ANCHORING MEANS; MEANS FOR ADVANCING THEMATERIAL ACROSS THE TABLE IN SUCCESSIVE INCREMENTS; A PLURALITY OFSENSING ELEMENTS POSITIONED ALONG THE PATH OF THE SHUTTLE; ANDELECTRICAL